WINNIE CLARKE
Winnie made her professional debut shortly after graduating from Arts Educational, London. Her experience ranges from band tours, TV and straight plays to a world tour with the Stadium Theatre Company as a soloist on the cruise-liner 'Arcadia'.
A classically-trained vocalist, Winnie is also a talented pianist, aswell as playing both clarinet and saxophone!
Her theatre performances include Miss Saigon, Sweeney Todd, Top Girls and playing Anita in West Side Story.
In addition to her theatrical and musical skills, Winnie is a trained dancer, with qualifications in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap and character.
Her most prestigious singing venture to-date came when she joined the cast of 'Beyond Broadway' in 2001 and toured with the company for 18 months.
In 2002 she left 'Beyond Broadway' to join the highly-acclaimed musical 'The Rat Pack' on national tour.
More recently, Winnie has been touring the UK with 'Carousel', shortly followed by the national tour of the Broadway hit 'Jekyll & Hyde' with Paul Nicholas, plus regular appearances with the renowned 'Masters Of The Musical' show.
Following a re-location to East Anglia, she has now joined forces with Victoria to tour the cabaret and function circuit as 'Aura', in addition to her work as a hugely successful solo artist (www.justsolo.co.uk).
A truly talented and sophisticated performer.
VICTORIA VELLACOTT
Originally providing the backing-vocals for a 'Commitments' tribute show, Victoria was soon spotted by the highly acclaimed BBC Musical Director, Cy Payne ('Come Dancing', Torvill & Dean) and was invited to join his orchestra as lead-vocalist. Since then, Victoria has performed all over the world with many different acts, sharing the bill with artistes as diverse as Patti Boulaye, Jim Davidson, Tom Robinson and Mike & The Mechanics.
More recently she performed the female lead in Latino musical 'South American Way' before going on to record her own composition for entry in the 'Song For Europe' contest. This was followed by an extensive tour with a 'Stars In Their Eyes' theatre show, female lead in the 'Magic Of The Musicals' show at Hotel Intercontinental in Dubai and a 5-year residency with a cocktail-duo at 'Centerparcs'.
She has performed at many top UK venues, including The Dorchester, Claridges & Sandringham House and has been chosen to sing at many prestigious events, including: Tory Party 2001 Election Ball, Daimler Centennial Ball and the Royal Westmoreland Summer 2000 Golf Tournament (Barbados). Previous clients include Damon Hill, Mickey Dolenz, William Hague, Linda Barker, Fiona Phillips, cast of Eastenders and Peter Stringfellow.
Since 2000, Victoria has toured the UK and abroad with the highly acclaimed Andy Leek Band (Dexy's Midnight Runners), in addition to performing with Aura and fronting her own 6-piece function band. More diversely, she provided vocals for the summer 2000 Top-20 club-hit 'Caribbean Affair' for I-KON. She was also the feature of an article in the August 2002 issue of top magazine 'Marie Claire'.
Victoria sings with intelligence and emotion - one of the most captivating performers of today.
